Sentences with phrase «immune system attacks glands»

The disease occurs when the body's own immune system attacks the glands and causes them to shut down.

SjS is an immune mediated chronic inflammatory disease where the body's immune system attacks glands that secrete fluid, such as the tear and saliva glands.

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Autoimmune disorders run in his family: His mom suffers from Hashimoto's disease, in which the immune system attacks the thyroid gland.

In the malady, a victim's immune system attacks hormone - producing organs such as the pancreas and the thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal glands, often rendering them nonfunctional.

This disease occurs when the thyroid gland tissue becomes inflamed and damaged because the immune system produces damaging antibodies that attack the gland.

(Years later she learned she has Hashimoto's disease, an autoimmune disorder in which the immune system attacks the thyroid gland.)

Hypothyroidism — an underproduction of hormones by the thyroid gland in the neck — is caused by an abnormal immune system response that mistakenly attacks normal body tissue.

«At the beginning of Hashimoto's, right at the beginning when it's starting, when the immune system is attacking the thyroid gland, those cells are dying.

It's the immune system attacking the thyroid gland.

So, so many of the thyroid — so many thyroid conditions are actually brought upon by autoimmunity, meaning your immune system is making specific antibodies that are attacking the thyroid gland.

On the other hand, if ACTH was low, but your cortisol is high, then that's a totally different story, and that's indicating that something is going on, likely with your immune system, that is, I wouldn't say attacking, but telling your adrenal glands to make cortisol when the rest of your body and your brain doesn't want it.

If they are present in the body, it means that the immune system is attacking the thyroid gland.

The thyroid antibodies indicate that the thyroid gland has been recognized as a foreign invader by the immune system and that the thyroid gland is under attack.

It is an autoimmune disorder in which the thyroid gland starts producing extra thyroxine as it is being attacked by its own immune system.

I don't know whether my thyroid was removed during that surgery or did my immune system attack and kill my thyroid gland in the last 40 years.

Of those with hypothyroidism, about 90 percent have Hashimoto's, an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks and destroys the thyroid gland.

It is impossible to stop the autoimmune attack on the thyroid gland without understanding the fundamentals and re-balancing the immune system.

Glutathione recycling helps balance the immune system, protect the thyroid gland tissue from damage caused autoimmune attacks, and also helps repair damage.

Hashimoto's thyroiditis, an autoimmune thyroid disease, causes the immune system to attack the thyroid gland.

Studies have established a strong link between digestive health and function and autoimmune diseases such as Hashimoto's hypothyroidism, in which the immune system attacks and destroys the thyroid gland.

Hashimoto's occurs when the immune system attacks and destroys the thyroid gland; it is the cause of about 90 percent of hypothyroid cases.

Hashimoto's hypothyroidism is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks and destroys the thyroid gland.

More than 90 percent of hypothyroid cases in the United States are caused by an autoimmune disease called Hashimoto's, in which the immune system attacks and destroys the thyroid gland.

In Hashimoto's, the immune system becomes misdirected, and attacks your thyroid gland with antibodies that can cause the gland to enlarge, atrophy, and / or become less able to produce thyroid hormone over time.

In this case, the main strategy is not necessarily to treat the thyroid gland (although thyroid hormone medication may be necessary), but to balance the immune system in order to tame autoimmune attacks against the thyroid.

The majority of cases of hypothyroidism in this country are autoimmune, meaning the immune system attacks and destroys the thyroid gland.

Also, in some cases, the TPO antibodies that signal the immune system to attack the thyroid gland also can attach to brain tissue.

Although thyroid medications may be necessary to maintain thyroid function, they do not address the immune system's relentless attack against the thyroid gland.

Doctors don't know what causes your immune system to attack your thyroid gland.

If either of these is positive it indicates the immune system is attacking and destroying the thyroid gland, causing symptoms.

Your body's immune system attacks the thyroid gland, first causing an overproduction of thyroid hormones, then causing an underproduction of those hormones because your thyroid has reached the «burnout» stage.

Therefore, the immune system attacks your thyroid glands due to a case of mistaken identity, when it is actually trying to attack an infection!

In the case of Hashimoto's, the infection is inside thyroid cells, and thus the immune system attacks the thyroid gland.

Therefore, the immune system attacks our thyroid glands due to a case of mistaken identity, when it is trying to attack an infection!

In very simple terms, this theory means that our immune system begins to attack our thyroid gland because we are infected with a pathogenic organism (like a bacteria, parasite, or virus), that looks similar to components of the thyroid gland.

For 90 percent of Americans, hypothyroidism is caused by Hashimoto's, an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks and destroys the thyroid gland.

Hashimoto's hypothyroidism is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks and destroys the thyroid gland, causing loss of function.

Proper management requires not only supporting thyroid function, but also balancing the immune system to tame the autoimmune attack on the thyroid gland.

In Hashimoto's thyroiditis, your immune system begins to produce antibodies that attack your thyroid gland.

Hashimoto's is an autoimmune condition that results in the immune system attacking the thyroid gland.

Second, low or negative thyroid antibodies can give a false sense of Hashimoto's being «cured» or going into remission when in fact your immune system continues to malfunction and your thyroid gland is being destroyed under the active autoimmune attack.

Hashimoto's hypothyroidism, a disorder in which the immune system attacks and destroys the thyroid gland, is one of the most prevalent diseases today, affecting predominantly women.

You may have an autoimmune reaction called Hashimoto's hypothyroidism, a disorder in which your immune system attacks and destroys the thyroid gland.

Hashimoto's is an autoimmune condition in which the immune system attacks and destroys the thyroid gland.

As a result, the immune system attacks and destroys specific parts of the body, such as the thyroid gland.

For 90 percent of Americans with hypothyroidism, Hashimoto's, an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks and destroys the thyroid gland, is the cause.

Is a condition in which your immune system attacks your thyroid, a small gland at the base of your neck below your Adam's apple.

Autoimmunity is when the immune system attacks and destroys a part of the body, such as the thyroid gland (Hashimoto's hypothyroidism), the pancreas (Type I diabetes), or the nervous system (multiple sclerosis).

This is the same mechanism in Hashimoto's hypothyroidism, when the immune system attacks and destroys the thyroid gland.

The many health benefits of walking may help balance the immune system — Hashimoto's is an autoimmune disease that attacks the thyroid gland, causing hypothyroid symptoms.